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ground between the united states and china and pakistan. when you attack to me about their priorities come it sounded pretty close to ours, investment and keeping a lid on islamic fundamentalists. that sounds like a set of common goals. can we work with other people? this is not just a question that the americans. it is other pakistan is able to reach us at the country. i would argue one of the greatest things that's happened in the last two years is that unless i read them correctly, the leadership of the military has blessed the opening to the public in indiana. this view of our experience and pakistan then i know that wasn't the case. there is still great skepticism about whether or not the leadership of the pakistani military supports this opening. i believe it to be the case. the traditional means of looking up this country in a bilateral way come in the traditional means of trying to balance counterterrorism and long-term stability need to be broadened, redefined. i'm not quite sure how i would say it, but we have the opportunity in t
ground between the united states and china and pakistan. when you attack to me about their priorities come it sounded pretty close to ours, investment and keeping a lid on islamic fundamentalists. that sounds like a set of common goals. can we work with other people? this is not just a question that the americans. it is other pakistan is able to reach us at the country. i would argue one of the greatest things that's happened in the last two years is that unless i read them correctly, the...
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god bless the memories of those we lost and god bless these united states of america. [applause] ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ we are leaving the pentagon 9/11 remembrance ceremony at this point to go live to the u.s. senate. a quick reminder you can continue watching live coverage on line at c-span.org. the u.s. senate u.s. senate as about to gavel in for the day. lawmakers are expected to consider a bill dealing with training for veterans looking for civilian jobs but also give veterans referential treatment. at 12:30 eastern they will recess for weekly party lunches lunches and when they returned they will hold a procedural vote on the veterans jobs bill. live coverage now of the u.s.d e senate here on c-span2. the chaplain: let us pray. eternal god, the source of our being, on this 11th anniversary of september, we pause to remember how you sustain us even through life's tragedies. recalling the deaths and injuries, the heroism and the patriotism, it's easy for us to be thankful for your presence and power. continue
god bless the memories of those we lost and god bless these united states of america. [applause] ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ we are leaving the pentagon 9/11 remembrance ceremony at this point to go live to the u.s. senate. a quick reminder you can continue watching live coverage on line at c-span.org. the u.s. senate u.s. senate as about to gavel in for the day. lawmakers are expected to consider a bill dealing with training for veterans...
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states senate and the united states of america. and we will continue to commemorate what happened so that we don't forget and dedicate ourselves to a more peaceful world. with that, mr. president, i would yield the floor. mrs. gillibrand: i suggest the absence of a quorum. the presiding officer: the clerk will call the roll. quorum call: mr. leahy: mr. president? the presiding officer: the senator from vermont. mr. leahy: i ask that the call of the quorum be dispensed with. the presiding officer: without objection. under the previous order, the senate will proceed to the executive session to consider the following nomination which the clerk will report. the clerk: nomination, stephanie marie rose of iowa to be united states district judge. mr. leahy: mr. president, when the senate --. the presiding officer: there will be 30 minutes of debate equally divided in the usual form. mr. leahy: mr. president, we're beginning about three minutes late and i'd ask consent the time be divided in such a way the vote still starts at 5:30. the pr
states senate and the united states of america. and we will continue to commemorate what happened so that we don't forget and dedicate ourselves to a more peaceful world. with that, mr. president, i would yield the floor. mrs. gillibrand: i suggest the absence of a quorum. the presiding officer: the clerk will call the roll. quorum call: mr. leahy: mr. president? the presiding officer: the senator from vermont. mr. leahy: i ask that the call of the quorum be dispensed with. the presiding...
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bush was the president of the united states. and we were on the brink of financial collapse, according to the description of his own secretary of the treasury. mr. president, let's remember what the economy was doing in the fourth quarter of 2008. the economy was shrinking at a rate of over 8%. in fact, it was shrinking at a rate of almost 9%. in the first month of 2009 -- the last month of the bush administration -- we lost 800,000 jobs in one month. so when people say, "are we better off today than we were then?" well, just as a factual matter, there really can be no dispute. we are dramatically better off today than we were four years ago. four years ago, we were on the brink of financial collapse. four years ago, the economy was shrinking at a rate of almost 9% and we were losing 800,000 jobs a month. now, those are facts. they cannot be disputed. today we are growing -- not as fast as we'd like. jobs are being created -- not as fast as we would like. but that is a dramatic improvement over four years ago. and let's remember
bush was the president of the united states. and we were on the brink of financial collapse, according to the description of his own secretary of the treasury. mr. president, let's remember what the economy was doing in the fourth quarter of 2008. the economy was shrinking at a rate of over 8%. in fact, it was shrinking at a rate of almost 9%. in the first month of 2009 -- the last month of the bush administration -- we lost 800,000 jobs in one month. so when people say, "are we better off...
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beyond that there are many people in the united states who think charters are an unmitigated good or alternatively an existential threat. the reality is they are neither of those. we are exceedingly fortunate to have roland prior with us today. i will introduce roland before i introduce the rest of the panel after he finishes. the project has done considerable work with roland. we are fortunate to have been able to do that. he has prepared an extraordinary paper which he is going to summarize. i would say roland's resume is a little hard to read. you would think it must be fake or something. how could anybody have done so much so quickly? i particularly want to know what a titanium lion is but i won't blanc that year. he is doing extraordinarily important and vital and groundbreaking work. if we are going to ever turnaround the decline in median income in this country and get back to raising living standards for america we are only going to do that by lifting up and truly changing public education in this country. that is the only way that will ever be achieved. let me introduce rola
beyond that there are many people in the united states who think charters are an unmitigated good or alternatively an existential threat. the reality is they are neither of those. we are exceedingly fortunate to have roland prior with us today. i will introduce roland before i introduce the rest of the panel after he finishes. the project has done considerable work with roland. we are fortunate to have been able to do that. he has prepared an extraordinary paper which he is going to summarize....
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israel is an ally of the united states, and that the united states, when it entered that position the palestinians knowing that said we still want the united states because we know that no other country could get israel to ultimately allow a second state palestinian state next to israel because it needs the security that the united states would provide in the event it didn't turn out well as many people think it wouldn't because, if you just look at the palestinian -- the situation today, i personally am for a two-state solution. do i believe it's going to happen in my lifetime? no. do the israels want it? yes. do the palestinians want it? i don't believe it. because if they did, they would be at the table negotiating. but they haven't been for more than a year. and the reason i believe that is because they think that ultimately that can wait out the western world and ultimately have a single state in which they will overwhelm the israeli. that is why if you ask the head of the palestinian authority mohammed -- [inaudible] which is what i was looking for. you ask him, do you accept a
israel is an ally of the united states, and that the united states, when it entered that position the palestinians knowing that said we still want the united states because we know that no other country could get israel to ultimately allow a second state palestinian state next to israel because it needs the security that the united states would provide in the event it didn't turn out well as many people think it wouldn't because, if you just look at the palestinian -- the situation today, i...
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i did one thing on romney, for the longest time in his stump speech, he would say the united states was the only country on earth where we put our hands over our hearts when we say the national anthem. which was quickly disproved just by looking at youtube, people around the world going like this when they sang the national anthem. he dropped that the very next day. i don't think he ever said it again. >> he paid the price. >> maybe. >> i would say that's an example of actually changing behavior, which i think happens rarely in small increments. >> and i think the other thing, we're talking before the panel with brendan about this, i think the other thing we don't know was how many conversations are going on with campaign message people, with people making as, with speechwriters come as they are talking about wording? and how often are they sang well, if we say that the fact checkers will get us. now, i suspect that's happening a lot. but the only evidence i have had of it as a column written by connie schultz who is married to jerry brown, who said that conversation happened in the bro
i did one thing on romney, for the longest time in his stump speech, he would say the united states was the only country on earth where we put our hands over our hearts when we say the national anthem. which was quickly disproved just by looking at youtube, people around the world going like this when they sang the national anthem. he dropped that the very next day. i don't think he ever said it again. >> he paid the price. >> maybe. >> i would say that's an example of...
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that wasn't acted on here in the united states senate. and so unfortunately we are where we are, which is we're going into the election season now. we haven't dealt with the across-the-board cuts, the sequestration, haven't dealt with the issue of taxes going up on january 1 on people who created jobs in this country. and for that reason we have all these government analysts concluding the same thing and that is we are headed for a train wreck. that's what we ought to be focused on, mr. president, right now. and frankly, that's not going to happen unless we get some leadership from the president of the united states. you've got to have the president engaged, involved in these discussions if we're going to try and solve this problem. and i would hope that the leadership here in the united states senate would be a partner to that as well. i know that there are republicans here, we have tried to get votes on ways to replace the sequestration or come up with a substitute for the defense cuts that it includes. we have tried and actually gotten
that wasn't acted on here in the united states senate. and so unfortunately we are where we are, which is we're going into the election season now. we haven't dealt with the across-the-board cuts, the sequestration, haven't dealt with the issue of taxes going up on january 1 on people who created jobs in this country. and for that reason we have all these government analysts concluding the same thing and that is we are headed for a train wreck. that's what we ought to be focused on, mr....
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they are grateful to the united states of america. they have condemned this attack and this heinous crime of the assassination of four brave americans. they have said they will do everything in their power to bring these people to justice. i was there on july 7 in tripoli and i saw thousands of libyans saying, "thank you, america. thank you, united states. thank you, ambassador stevens." "thank you." because they were under the yoke of one of the most brutal dictators on earth who, by the way, was responsible for the deaths of americans in pan am 103 and the bombing of a disco in berlin. so -- and -- but there's a problem in this country. they have porous borders. they have militias running around. they have not had a government of their own in more -- forever, literally. and -- and we -- and they need our help. they need our help in providing border security, in bringing these militias under control and these weapons that are proliferated everywhere. so our mage with the paul amendment -- so our message with the paul amendment is adi
they are grateful to the united states of america. they have condemned this attack and this heinous crime of the assassination of four brave americans. they have said they will do everything in their power to bring these people to justice. i was there on july 7 in tripoli and i saw thousands of libyans saying, "thank you, america. thank you, united states. thank you, ambassador stevens." "thank you." because they were under the yoke of one of the most brutal dictators on...
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he then called for a strong active united nations, and for britain, canada and the united states to keep their shared atomic secrets in fact secret in case they fell into the hands of -- although he didn't name the government he had in mind. he warned against a team being drawn into the global catastrophic conflict. he then moved on to what he called the second of two goblet order to name the, tyranny. churchill told the crowd that the society is far different in america or in deep britain's. where as it was an all controlling police state and whether were, in fact, no rights for the individual whatsoever. this q&a, he said, was the opposite of those liberal democratic values which we still cherish today, the rule of law, elected government, freedom of speech, and expression. it's no coincidence that the anniversary of thomas jefferson's noted inauguration speech had been just the day before churchill spoke. and what could prevent all of these values and the spread of tyranny, churchill asked his audience. nothing less than a special relationship between britain and the united states to
he then called for a strong active united nations, and for britain, canada and the united states to keep their shared atomic secrets in fact secret in case they fell into the hands of -- although he didn't name the government he had in mind. he warned against a team being drawn into the global catastrophic conflict. he then moved on to what he called the second of two goblet order to name the, tyranny. churchill told the crowd that the society is far different in america or in deep britain's....
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there is a missile gap in the united states. the problem was that kennedy in the campaign, they said that we need hugely increased defense in order to make up for it and he was committed to that. the result was in 1961 at that time, the largest defense bill in human history, and it was to a great extent that it made -- needless to say, the missiles could have caused a lot of destruction. >> host: wended nikita khrushchev come on the scene? >> guest: it did take some people to the blog, but not nikita khrushchev. there were two leaders who were essentially a joint leadership. by 19541956, khrushchev was a supreme leader. >> host: what policy changes came with his ascension? >> guest: khrushchev would've been shocking to anyone in the west. but khrushchev actually realized that stalin had gone way overboard. a number of people have been killed under stalin. despite all the claims, the soviet union was way behind economically and with defense. the result was khrushchev wanted to change it because something called the secret speech.
there is a missile gap in the united states. the problem was that kennedy in the campaign, they said that we need hugely increased defense in order to make up for it and he was committed to that. the result was in 1961 at that time, the largest defense bill in human history, and it was to a great extent that it made -- needless to say, the missiles could have caused a lot of destruction. >> host: wended nikita khrushchev come on the scene? >> guest: it did take some people to the...
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with the united states. this sounded to me like an ultimatum. is that what it was? was the government of israel handing the government of the united states an ultimatum. was that wise? >>ly start. i don't think . >> no. we interacted. as the deputy of defense israel was in my portfolio. i traveled israel more than 13 times. i had more than hundreds of meeting with the israel officials. i think the degree we had divergence on iran was -- how long along they are toward getting a nuclear weapon capability. we're also in lock step with them on the object of acquiring a nuclear weapon. the israelis have a shorter timeline, largely as a result of a fact they don't have the same military capabilities the united states does. they believe they can't wait as long as we can. we nee to work together to aloin our clocks. yet netanyahu is clearing expressing a israel anxiety. the president shares that concern. he said not only is a huge threat to israel it's a huge threat to the imriets. the president demonstrated when he
with the united states. this sounded to me like an ultimatum. is that what it was? was the government of israel handing the government of the united states an ultimatum. was that wise? >>ly start. i don't think . >> no. we interacted. as the deputy of defense israel was in my portfolio. i traveled israel more than 13 times. i had more than hundreds of meeting with the israel officials. i think the degree we had divergence on iran was -- how long along they are toward getting a...
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the same is true when you come home to the united states. it's far more common among the affluent comes of the great majority of the interviews i did in the book are people that could afford to do that. that said, there is a subset of people that are living alone in a tough conditions. a very poor man, mostly men who tend to live in these dwellings that we still have in some cities and hotel residences, and they can be quite vulnerable, and for them it's often a way to defend themselves and protect themselves against the influences of people or places that got them into trouble and they spend a lot of time talking it's a clearly different experience. there are also people aging alone and who are vulnerable but we can talk about later. >> host: i was curious about this group. how did you decide to -- did you pick the sro or is that the only place that you could find poor, or marginalized clauses? >> guest: the place you could find them in the concentrated fashion. living alone is so uncommon in very impoverished neighborhoods, simply unafford
the same is true when you come home to the united states. it's far more common among the affluent comes of the great majority of the interviews i did in the book are people that could afford to do that. that said, there is a subset of people that are living alone in a tough conditions. a very poor man, mostly men who tend to live in these dwellings that we still have in some cities and hotel residences, and they can be quite vulnerable, and for them it's often a way to defend themselves and...
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and the united states on one approach to it. when i look at the region and i think about what the president said today, he was expressing universal rights that all americans believe in. life, liberty, freedom and democracy. they are universal but they're not necessary accepted universally in every country of the world. so you have to realize that it is not one uniform world after that we're dealing with. now, what i always like to say and putting it into context, you take the universal values and to bring them up today. i always start with 1975 and the helsinki actually accepted the boundaries of the post-world war ii period, but we made the soviet union at the time take a poison pill, which said you also must accept the right of self-determination, the right of people to freedom and the right of people to choose their own leaders. and within a few years after the helsinki final act we saw like the lesser. we saw the europeans come together on s. central european planes and the other side of the iron curtain and start to demand
and the united states on one approach to it. when i look at the region and i think about what the president said today, he was expressing universal rights that all americans believe in. life, liberty, freedom and democracy. they are universal but they're not necessary accepted universally in every country of the world. so you have to realize that it is not one uniform world after that we're dealing with. now, what i always like to say and putting it into context, you take the universal values...
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the united states will take all efforts to protect it. including diplomatic, economic and military action. and i just don't see that happening right now. i don't see it happening. it might be happening behind the scenes. i don't see it happening and i think the public needs to see it happening because i can take the corporations in this country see it happening. and i've talked to ceos in this country who have said they are fed up with getting punched in the face over and over and over again and nobody is doing anything about it. so they want to take their own action. they want to take, step up and they want to take some type of action. i am not suggesting that independent company start to hacked back against other organizations. but i think there's a lot more that they can do two great hostile and firemen on their networks but there's a lot more that they can do to make it more difficult for the adversary to operate in a permissive environment that they currently have. eyed equally to your sitting down with your family, your having dinne
the united states will take all efforts to protect it. including diplomatic, economic and military action. and i just don't see that happening right now. i don't see it happening. it might be happening behind the scenes. i don't see it happening and i think the public needs to see it happening because i can take the corporations in this country see it happening. and i've talked to ceos in this country who have said they are fed up with getting punched in the face over and over and over again...
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he said he's the president of the united states. he deserves my respect. that rarely happens anymore, which is too bad it doesn't mean that you have unquestioning loyalty to a president, but you do on her the office and try to keep it at such a level that it will attract the best the country has to offer. >> host: in "the time of our lives," tom brokaw has a chapter called everyone is a journalist, and his e-mail has come in for him from david gates. everyone can use mobile devices to create their own media and then publish what they have to say the of the general internet, et cetera. what impact does this democratization of media creation and media use having unprofessional journalism? >> guest: one of my friends in montana who reach the internet, will come to me and say you're not going to believe what a read on the internet today. and i was say the same thing to her. you're right, i'm not going to believe what i read on the net today. as i to audiences coming up at the same test for what you get from the internet and the same skepticism as you would whe
he said he's the president of the united states. he deserves my respect. that rarely happens anymore, which is too bad it doesn't mean that you have unquestioning loyalty to a president, but you do on her the office and try to keep it at such a level that it will attract the best the country has to offer. >> host: in "the time of our lives," tom brokaw has a chapter called everyone is a journalist, and his e-mail has come in for him from david gates. everyone can use mobile...